Message on the Observance of Labor Day
09/03/1981
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.
The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.
If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.